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my dear friend, jim glaspie who was the co-author of the book with me decided to trace down to the faa and went to the records of 19 different honors. about 50 years. they're in advance of the 50th anniversary. they found the airplane in minnesota by a farmer. he floats to the non-lakes. the chamber of commerce got involved and purchased it from the man. he was willing to sell it because he realized it is important by that time. so they went there in a u-haul truck, brought it back and had two years restoring to its original condition. it's been in the storage room for years without a home. before he was select good is that i'm going to find a home and eventually it was arranged to be put here in city hall. my husband and i decided to let the city used the car. we found that carly refueling car. it's about 1500 quick starts and stops was totally worn out. eventually my husband and i found another part of the same model and restart it back to the same color and have owned it indefinitely to the city. >> what do you think would've happened to the city of yuma if the pilot had gotten in t
my dear friend, jim glaspie who was the co-author of the book with me decided to trace down to the faa and went to the records of 19 different honors. about 50 years. they're in advance of the 50th anniversary. they found the airplane in minnesota by a farmer. he floats to the non-lakes. the chamber of commerce got involved and purchased it from the man. he was willing to sell it because he realized it is important by that time. so they went there in a u-haul truck, brought it back and had two...
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he is working for the house un-american activities committee, big jim and big jim goes out to hawaii to break up a communist spy ring mostly made up of doctors in hawaii. in and what he does is defined for these guys are having their meeting and rushes into the meeting and quite literally beats the communists up using his fists, a big fight. whited in spires is he follows the story out and he says they went back and they -- and i got off. he starts to say something along the lines of you know maybe the constitution isn't all that great. maybe the congressional committees aren't the best thing to do. maybe we should bare knuckle it with the communist. maybe we need to have few less congressional committees investigating and is that style of -- dewayne personifies and mccarthy exemplifies in numerous ways. richard nixon tries to take up and make a part of his own view of the cold war. and in fact when the first scandal breaks that richard nixon is getting money and wealthy businessmen, to fund his campaign, one of the first thing's richard nixon does is hit the communist bloc. these ar
he is working for the house un-american activities committee, big jim and big jim goes out to hawaii to break up a communist spy ring mostly made up of doctors in hawaii. in and what he does is defined for these guys are having their meeting and rushes into the meeting and quite literally beats the communists up using his fists, a big fight. whited in spires is he follows the story out and he says they went back and they -- and i got off. he starts to say something along the lines of you know...
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and then my dear friend jim gillespie who was the co-author of the book with me, "the longest flight," he and another man decided the try and trace it down through the faa. and they went through the records of 19 different owners during all those years, about 50 years. they were in advance of the 50th anniversary of the flight. they found the airplane in minnesota owned by a farmer. he had floats on it for it to land on lakes, you know? and the chamber of commerce got involved and purchased it from the man. he was willing to sell it because he realized, you know, it's important by that time. so they went there in a u-haul truck, brought it back and spent about two years restoring it back to its original condition, payment job and everything. it's been -- paint job and everything. it's been in a storage room without a good home, and mayor courier said before he was elected, he said if i'm elected, i'm going to find a home for that airplane, and eventually it was arranged to be put here in city hall. and then my husband and i decided to let the city use the car. we found the car like th
and then my dear friend jim gillespie who was the co-author of the book with me, "the longest flight," he and another man decided the try and trace it down through the faa. and they went through the records of 19 different owners during all those years, about 50 years. they were in advance of the 50th anniversary of the flight. they found the airplane in minnesota owned by a farmer. he had floats on it for it to land on lakes, you know? and the chamber of commerce got involved and...
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this is big jim. and big jim goes out to hawaii to break up a communist spy ring. that is mostly made up of doctors in hawaii. and in the end what he does is he finds where these guys are having their meeting and rushes into the meeting and quite literally beats the communist out using his fists in a big fight, and then what transpires is he follows the story out and says they went back, testified to the committee, and they got off, okay? and he starts to say something along the lines of, maybe the constitution isn't all that great. maybe these congressional committees aren't the right thing to do. maybe we should just bare knuckle it with communism. have a few more fistfights and less congressional committees investigating and it's that gruff-macho style that wayne personifies greatly and mccarthy exemplifies -- that richard nixon tries to take up and make part of his own view of the colored war. -- the cold war. when the first scandal breaks and nixon is getting money from these wealthy businessmen to fund his campaign, richard nixon says, it's a communist plot.
this is big jim. and big jim goes out to hawaii to break up a communist spy ring. that is mostly made up of doctors in hawaii. and in the end what he does is he finds where these guys are having their meeting and rushes into the meeting and quite literally beats the communist out using his fists in a big fight, and then what transpires is he follows the story out and says they went back, testified to the committee, and they got off, okay? and he starts to say something along the lines of, maybe...
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. >> i was just going to say just picking up from what jim was just talking about, i often hear people say, well, what's the army doing? what are the marines doing about, you know, bringing these people home? and i think, again, there's a fundamental misunderstanding. military medicine as well as military psychotherapy, they are like the trainers on the professional football team. they're not there to heal people. you have a fundamental conflict of interest. their job is to get them back into the fight. that's the job of military medicine. it's up to the civilians to do the healing. it's a very big difference. to expect the military to do the healing is laying a big conflict of interest right at their feet. i mean, you know, if you're going to heal somebody from posttraumatic stress, that's going to take a long time, and they're probably not going to, you know, want to be going back again. and they want 'em back into service. and that's not wrong. that's why they're there. so i always remember i was at quantico and talking to the marines down there -- they have six programs that they'r
. >> i was just going to say just picking up from what jim was just talking about, i often hear people say, well, what's the army doing? what are the marines doing about, you know, bringing these people home? and i think, again, there's a fundamental misunderstanding. military medicine as well as military psychotherapy, they are like the trainers on the professional football team. they're not there to heal people. you have a fundamental conflict of interest. their job is to get them back...
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[laughter] jim dean, yeah. i could easily decouple baseball from the civil rights movement. i was not to observe the office habits of jim crow or my job was to blow the ball by any son of a who carried a louisville slugger into the batter's box. like the players in this book, i was singular in purpose. have a good season and get called up to the show. i played against some of the players written about in this book, including blue moon odom. and now almost four years removed from the game, but instinctively and emotionally, once you've lived in the land of baseball, you are a permanent resident. as a player in the southern league i never took notes or record my thoughts into a tape recorder. i would've been laughed out of the locker room. but over the years a few distinct memories have stuck stubbornly in my mind. details of specific games are long gone are the memories i do carry, however, were the ones from which this book would emerge from ford decades later, and each one of those memories had to do with race. perhaps my most vivid memory of my season and the suddenly spri
[laughter] jim dean, yeah. i could easily decouple baseball from the civil rights movement. i was not to observe the office habits of jim crow or my job was to blow the ball by any son of a who carried a louisville slugger into the batter's box. like the players in this book, i was singular in purpose. have a good season and get called up to the show. i played against some of the players written about in this book, including blue moon odom. and now almost four years removed from the game, but...
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jim and laura make that possible. most importantly if there's any humility here, i am going to think of dr. king here in birmingham, in a mass meeting and i'm paraphrasing and taking liberties that that was his creative use of language in keeping with him, that i have only written about his disease -- history. the people of birmingham made history. in rising to 50 years ago, they, i really should for some of the people in the room, you didn't only make history in birmingham but helps make the nation and do. i will come back to that because that ultimately is the meaning of the 50th year and we don't want to give in to some notion that that history was easy. we can be proud and america but we don't honor whatever the values of the constitution and declaration are by pretending that was a time of not freedom in order to congratulate ourselves that we have gotten to the promised land. i should add part of the other -- i will lead quickly, in my other work on king i spent time with foot soldiers. we know the famous people
jim and laura make that possible. most importantly if there's any humility here, i am going to think of dr. king here in birmingham, in a mass meeting and i'm paraphrasing and taking liberties that that was his creative use of language in keeping with him, that i have only written about his disease -- history. the people of birmingham made history. in rising to 50 years ago, they, i really should for some of the people in the room, you didn't only make history in birmingham but helps make the...
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this month we'll be discussing micialt alexander "the new jim crow" post your thoughts about the weak on twitter with a #an write our facebook page. then on tuesday, march 26, at 9:00 p.m. eastern join our live moderated discussion on twitter #b tv book club. send your discussions via twitter, facebook, or e-mail booktv@c-span.org. >> i have never seen in any report in the u.s. or main news has been the story of these people that live with a constant sirens that go off every time a rocket is close by, and they have fifteen stoakdz get to a bomb shelter. i went to visit elderly people. they were some of the founders of the can boots. say that were all all probably 65 plus, many of them were in the 70s. they hadn't slept through the night in 2009 and during the operation. but in the months proceeding that and part behalf triggered it was the constant bombardment. people hear about this in a way that is backwards. they hear that israel has made strategic strike on a particular person or a particular target, and that was responded to with rockets. that's the way it's recorded most of the
this month we'll be discussing micialt alexander "the new jim crow" post your thoughts about the weak on twitter with a #an write our facebook page. then on tuesday, march 26, at 9:00 p.m. eastern join our live moderated discussion on twitter #b tv book club. send your discussions via twitter, facebook, or e-mail booktv@c-span.org. >> i have never seen in any report in the u.s. or main news has been the story of these people that live with a constant sirens that go off every...
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. >> host: jim in maryland, you are on booktv on c-span2 with ben shapiro. >> appreciate it. the thing i wish you would address is the hypocrisy icy with types like obama, for instance, admitted drug use and so on and they maintain policies that are locking people up. i see this from all the higher ups, clinton was involved in a lot of this stuff. in the book no one left alive, can't think of the scene, that he was basically a rapist and so on. what it seems to me is these higher ups get away with crimes that if normal person did would be locked right up and yet they are not held accountable. it goes all the way back to vietnam and everything else. johnson was never held accountable to the gulf of tonkin incident. the other thing, if you ever heard of a book called reading obama, harvard professor, this is a very positive spin. i have read it but the reviews claimed that. >> host: thanks for calling in. >> guest: i don't know that book. as far as the other question about various politicians getting away with crimes that they themselves condemned i am never a big fan of the hy
. >> host: jim in maryland, you are on booktv on c-span2 with ben shapiro. >> appreciate it. the thing i wish you would address is the hypocrisy icy with types like obama, for instance, admitted drug use and so on and they maintain policies that are locking people up. i see this from all the higher ups, clinton was involved in a lot of this stuff. in the book no one left alive, can't think of the scene, that he was basically a rapist and so on. what it seems to me is these higher...
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jim did join the mother church and married a hispanic woman and so forth. i should also point out they were two of the biggest sleeve dealers in the country bringing them in with the help of the craft dealer andrew jackson back in 1814. and they were bringing them in through the port of galveston. they were also big land speculators. travis, houston, that is like rocket went down. he didn't go down to texas and the patriotism as we like to say he had no dog in that fight. he had been beaten in congress principally because he stood up to andrew jackson of for the issue of indian removal and it cost him his job. that is when he famously said y'all can go to hell and i will go to texas. because his friend told him you can come down here and clean up pretty well and resurrect your career. when he got down to the red river he should have gone back up to the senate trail and kept going west. but he didn't come and that was his mistake. >> i.t. we also should remember the texas revolution is put in context it was also part of a larger movement in mexico. mexico ga
jim did join the mother church and married a hispanic woman and so forth. i should also point out they were two of the biggest sleeve dealers in the country bringing them in with the help of the craft dealer andrew jackson back in 1814. and they were bringing them in through the port of galveston. they were also big land speculators. travis, houston, that is like rocket went down. he didn't go down to texas and the patriotism as we like to say he had no dog in that fight. he had been beaten in...
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one of the guests he invited was jim who was the spokesperson for the u.s. embassy, the minister of communications. he showed up and we are all talking about what do we do next, how do we secure ourselves? how do we maintain safety? at the end of the evening we had drank too much tequila. [laughter] jim said why don't i tell the ambassador that this is going on and we wl issua statement. and we all said yeah, sure. maybe the president will find out and we will go from there. that evening i got home and i wasn't really sure what to do, whether we stay in mexico or leave right away. i had family in mexico so the decision wasn't that easy. if they were serious they go after your family. after i went to this -- i looked around. this was a turning point because again this was the fourth threat and this was one that i really took seriously. the next morning as we are leaving to the airport i decided to stay in mexico and go to baja, a great way to escape. we were doing a program on americans living in mexico. on the way to the airport on the radio the announcer sa
one of the guests he invited was jim who was the spokesperson for the u.s. embassy, the minister of communications. he showed up and we are all talking about what do we do next, how do we secure ourselves? how do we maintain safety? at the end of the evening we had drank too much tequila. [laughter] jim said why don't i tell the ambassador that this is going on and we wl issua statement. and we all said yeah, sure. maybe the president will find out and we will go from there. that evening i got...
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watch video of michelle alexander at booktv.org and read "the new jim crow." and then on tuesday, march 26th at 9 p.m. eastern, join us live online at twitter and facebook with your questions and comments on "the new jim crow." >> and now, karen elliot house provides an inside look at the history, culture and politics of saudi arabia which she's covered for 30 years. this is about an hour. >> thank you very much, dr. wilburn. it's a real pleasure to be here. i appreciate -- i'm honored by being invited to deliver this lecture. dr. wilburn graciously said my latest book. i've got to confess, it's my only book. [laughter] but i spent 30 years, as he said, going to saudi arabia mostly as a reporter or foreign editor talking to saudi officials about oil, iraq/iran, arab/israeli, so geopolitical issues. and when i retired from the journal in 2006, the one thing i was really interested in doing with my newfound time was trying to understand saudi society. how did saudis look at each other, what was the society like, how did they look at their rulers, how did they lo
watch video of michelle alexander at booktv.org and read "the new jim crow." and then on tuesday, march 26th at 9 p.m. eastern, join us live online at twitter and facebook with your questions and comments on "the new jim crow." >> and now, karen elliot house provides an inside look at the history, culture and politics of saudi arabia which she's covered for 30 years. this is about an hour. >> thank you very much, dr. wilburn. it's a real pleasure to be here. i...
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and then i talked to the three former presidents, gerry ford, jim carter and george bush, and i talked to daughters-in-dew, lady bird johnson, nancy reagan, and grandchildren, margaret truman and john eisenhower, both of whom, of course, are writers themselves, and they view their grandmothers very well. so they were wonderful help. then i talked to the other siblings. richard nixon's very much younger brother edward nixon, who most people don't even know he has a still that was still arrive. he was very helpful. teddy kennedy, eunice shriver. i talked to people who were part of the families, and they gave me insights and anecdotes that don't necessarily appear anywhere else. >> have you met any of the mothers? >> yes. i met and interviewed rose kennedy. mrs. carter, oh, yes, i interviewed lillian carter, she's memorable. and i was around a bit with virginia clinton kelley, but i didn't interview her, but i was very much around when she was there. so those i did really get to watch and talk to and got a feel of their personalities. >> how many of these 11 women have a book written abou
and then i talked to the three former presidents, gerry ford, jim carter and george bush, and i talked to daughters-in-dew, lady bird johnson, nancy reagan, and grandchildren, margaret truman and john eisenhower, both of whom, of course, are writers themselves, and they view their grandmothers very well. so they were wonderful help. then i talked to the other siblings. richard nixon's very much younger brother edward nixon, who most people don't even know he has a still that was still arrive....
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coming up next in the program on the federal budget is jim demint former u.s. senator from south carolina and current resident of the heritage foundation who speaks about his book now or never saving america from economic collapse. >> thank you for the opportunity to talk about now or never. i will put it in the context of what is going to happen this sunday in the country. two of the best professional football teams are going to meet on the field. they know that this is make or break for them. for some it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. and they know that they've got to give their all on sunday. they know the time. the coach knows and the players know that the other team is there to beat them. no coach sending their players out for the super bowl is talking about the need to cooperate and to work with the other guys because they understand something. they understand the other team is there to beat them and their goal is on the opposite side of the field. that's not the way politics are supposed to be back in washington i'm afraid that's where it's come. a
coming up next in the program on the federal budget is jim demint former u.s. senator from south carolina and current resident of the heritage foundation who speaks about his book now or never saving america from economic collapse. >> thank you for the opportunity to talk about now or never. i will put it in the context of what is going to happen this sunday in the country. two of the best professional football teams are going to meet on the field. they know that this is make or break for...
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jim has put down the frame of what drove people about. another free web eat, let's look at the northern population as a whole. and then look at the southern population. the fact that only 1000 weightman in virginia have fought for the union after so many have voted for the constitutional party before. i'm struck at the constant change that people are constantly redefining loyalty and very remarkable ways. so i just wanted to stimulate things. >> you could turn what she said around and say is that remarkable that after the incredible casualties of 1864, you know, the terrible, terrible loss of life and that lincoln still carried every single northern state except new jersey perhaps. >> aspirate differ from you guys. you guys look at the electoral college. >> that a majority was still willing to continue the war under those circumstances you could say is actually remarkable, that after all mcclellan was suffering a policy of peace but with union. he wasn't say let's give in to the rebels. but he said at the peace plan. i'm not going to tell
jim has put down the frame of what drove people about. another free web eat, let's look at the northern population as a whole. and then look at the southern population. the fact that only 1000 weightman in virginia have fought for the union after so many have voted for the constitutional party before. i'm struck at the constant change that people are constantly redefining loyalty and very remarkable ways. so i just wanted to stimulate things. >> you could turn what she said around and say...
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one of the guests he invited was jim who, at the time, a spokes perp for the u.s. embassy, minister of communications. he showed up, all talking about, you know, what do we do next? how do we secure ourselves? how do we maintain safety? at the end of the evening, we had drink too much tequila. [laughter] jim said, why don't i tell the ambassador this is going on, and we will issue a statement, and i have family in mexico, and if they go after you, they go after your families. after i went to sleep, i looked around, and the only thing clear to me was it was midnight in mexico. this was a turning point for me because, again, this was a threat, and this is one that i took seriously. the next morning, as we are leaving, to the airport, i decided to go to baja, california, a great way to escape; right? [laughter] we were doing this, and at the moment, i felt, oh, well, everyone knows now, and i was not sure what to believe. what was clear to me, as a mexican native, as someone born in mexico, was that this was the first time that i really felt the privilege to be an ame
one of the guests he invited was jim who, at the time, a spokes perp for the u.s. embassy, minister of communications. he showed up, all talking about, you know, what do we do next? how do we secure ourselves? how do we maintain safety? at the end of the evening, we had drink too much tequila. [laughter] jim said, why don't i tell the ambassador this is going on, and we will issue a statement, and i have family in mexico, and if they go after you, they go after your families. after i went to...
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the handwritten copy but it was put up in the quarter to make sure the policies would be implemented jim that within a concluded this is a manned trip to his word to follow through on what he said what reagan wanted to do. and on call by one of the buyout -- biographers. to say there is any other close -- person closer then a successful secretary to suggest the region making an attorney general. to pick the three men to do the work he wanted but envisioned the he was governor that he continued to talk about with the radio address that with the speaker and a writer and continued to back each and every one of them. one of the things that is fascinating i hope the book would have been read in it -- written but not until 2000 that saw something to help us understand what reagan's philosophy was and how truly he believed in the issues until the diaries came out in 2004 what was fascinating the second general area the book is called "sagebrush rebel" in the subtitle is reagan's battle -- reagan's battle with environmental extremists and why one time he called them the modern day which i though
the handwritten copy but it was put up in the quarter to make sure the policies would be implemented jim that within a concluded this is a manned trip to his word to follow through on what he said what reagan wanted to do. and on call by one of the buyout -- biographers. to say there is any other close -- person closer then a successful secretary to suggest the region making an attorney general. to pick the three men to do the work he wanted but envisioned the he was governor that he continued...
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jim watch out of wyoming, he met him, concluded this was the man who was true to his word was going to follow through on what he said and what president reagan wanted to do, bill clark, judge clark called by one of his biographers reagan's top hand, he was the goal to prison for ronald reagan, people say judge clark was closer to ronald reagan than anyone but nancy reagan and went back to california, don o'dell, a successful secretary at the department of the education, maybe we ought to make attorney-general. instead he made him secretary of the interior and picked these 3 men to do the work he wanted to have done that he had envisioned back when he was governor, that he continued to talk about when he was a radio address speaker and writer and he continues to back each and every one of them. one of the things that has been fascinating, i had hoped the book like this had been written in the 80s or 90s but not until 2000 we saw something that helped us understand what reagan's philosophy was and how we went about these things and how truly believed in his issues and to his diary came o
jim watch out of wyoming, he met him, concluded this was the man who was true to his word was going to follow through on what he said and what president reagan wanted to do, bill clark, judge clark called by one of his biographers reagan's top hand, he was the goal to prison for ronald reagan, people say judge clark was closer to ronald reagan than anyone but nancy reagan and went back to california, don o'dell, a successful secretary at the department of the education, maybe we ought to make...
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praising people like jim what if -- then cecil andrus and jimmy carter were doing. and so there were those quickly itself identified. in fact in 1980 -- after he was here in washington getting ready for the transition after his election he sent a telegram back to salt lake city to our group of sagebrush rebels who were gathering there. i hope to have a peaceful solution to the sagebrush rebellion. in addition, reagan's best friend in the senate was the sagebrush rebels and had led the charge on doing legislation, drafting and introducing legislation to address the sagebrush rebellion issues. so the environmental groups in september 1979 went to denver and say, had we do with this. moreover, throughout the campaign, throughout the campaign reagan did what reagan had done as governor of california, what he did during his radio address is. but he continued to do with his campaign, that is to speak out on energy in the normal issues. how we had to develop our resources. have we had to work our way out of this problem we are facing for the needs of the american people. a
praising people like jim what if -- then cecil andrus and jimmy carter were doing. and so there were those quickly itself identified. in fact in 1980 -- after he was here in washington getting ready for the transition after his election he sent a telegram back to salt lake city to our group of sagebrush rebels who were gathering there. i hope to have a peaceful solution to the sagebrush rebellion. in addition, reagan's best friend in the senate was the sagebrush rebels and had led the charge on...
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he kept putting him off and then comes along jim bishop. jim bishop is a popular writer. it was interesting for me when i write history books the stories need to be objective and bear in mind that jim bishop is sending love letters to johnson. you are such a wonderful leader and i can imagine writing a book about you. johnson agrees to participate in the project that jim bishop is doing about the day in the life of lyndon johnson. what they are both trying to do and what lyndon johnson does is to tell his side of the story. jim bishop comes out with this look called the day kennedy died by 1968 people were sick of lyndon johnson and no one wanted to hear his side of the story. oddly enough -- how many people here know of manchester's book lacks how many people have heard of jim bishop spoke? most people don't know who jim bishop is. although his account manchester is too critical. he blames the kennedys for all things that are wrong with america. what i try to do is find a balance we have one more question. [inaudible] >> when did that come out? >> that was earlier. >> in
he kept putting him off and then comes along jim bishop. jim bishop is a popular writer. it was interesting for me when i write history books the stories need to be objective and bear in mind that jim bishop is sending love letters to johnson. you are such a wonderful leader and i can imagine writing a book about you. johnson agrees to participate in the project that jim bishop is doing about the day in the life of lyndon johnson. what they are both trying to do and what lyndon johnson does is...
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we hope all is well with jim. we had some other folks here. wayman rose, the tenth juror selected for the jack ruby trial is here today. is dr. phil williams here? all right. well, i know we have others and a number of museum founders as well as people involved in the story of the assassination here on the front row. allen and cynthia mundell, our wonderful documentairans who created the films you see on the sixth floor. where are bob staples and bob -- >> our wonderful exhibit designers who created such a wonderful display which continues to fascinate our visitors almost 25 years after the museum opened. jacky is here, did research for the exhibit and involved in reconstructing the sniper's perch. a number of our board members past and present are here. john crane, jill johnson, victor elmore, rubin is here. we're so happy to have all of you here today. there's so many friends and family and professional colleagues. we're so honored to have all of you here to be here to celebrate the museum's history and to look back on how this museum became
we hope all is well with jim. we had some other folks here. wayman rose, the tenth juror selected for the jack ruby trial is here today. is dr. phil williams here? all right. well, i know we have others and a number of museum founders as well as people involved in the story of the assassination here on the front row. allen and cynthia mundell, our wonderful documentairans who created the films you see on the sixth floor. where are bob staples and bob -- >> our wonderful exhibit designers...
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jim,0 interests have been profiting. if you turn the clock back to the 80s, there's some people who have argued -- and i haven't seen come -- compelling evidence -- the cia encouraged cultivation to help fund the resistance. we do know that poppy funds back then were used to help fight the soviets. and like with the overall growth of the antisoviet jihad, some of then was helpful a generation ago comes back to bite the afghan people and u.s. interests in the current environment. >> i'd like to know a little bit about president obama's feelings towards the military? has it evolved? what was his relationship earlier and what is it now? >> guest: that's a great question. and i think the president's relationship with the military operates on two different levels. there's sort of the -- the relationship with the southeastern-most commanders and the relationship with the grunts, the men and women really doing the fighting. i'll take the latter one first. the president and the vice president and their spouses have a real genuin
jim,0 interests have been profiting. if you turn the clock back to the 80s, there's some people who have argued -- and i haven't seen come -- compelling evidence -- the cia encouraged cultivation to help fund the resistance. we do know that poppy funds back then were used to help fight the soviets. and like with the overall growth of the antisoviet jihad, some of then was helpful a generation ago comes back to bite the afghan people and u.s. interests in the current environment. >> i'd...
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on the first day jim six, 1918 the marines lost 1100 men. it was their worst day in history to that point. they did make it to belleau wood by the end of the day on that first day that the germans who were notorious for counterattack , i counterattack shortly thereafter drove them out. for the next three weeks this pattern repeated itself. the americans would take all or part of the woods and the germans would take it back. the americans would take a back from the germans and on and on and on until finally on june 26, 1918 the americans took the woods and held them for good. this was the first major military encounter between american and german troops in the war and it was the first major victory for american troops in the war. it was such a victory that general pershing, i don't know how much you know about the man, but you could accurately call him stone face. he was not given to making bold pronouncements or frankly even smiling very much. he issued a jubilant statement that the deadliest weapon in the world is a marine and his rifle. as
on the first day jim six, 1918 the marines lost 1100 men. it was their worst day in history to that point. they did make it to belleau wood by the end of the day on that first day that the germans who were notorious for counterattack , i counterattack shortly thereafter drove them out. for the next three weeks this pattern repeated itself. the americans would take all or part of the woods and the germans would take it back. the americans would take a back from the germans and on and on and on...
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. >> jim will make a big difference over time because >> jim will make a big difference over time because you have people from the break-in enthused a share bid you and who are in their '70s and '80s you will begin to see a shift in the intellectual balance to swing war two's said democrats and republicans. but look at the confirmation rates but of those nominees top-10 in review but the black column is for those who did either. in each of ministration in the smarter nominees took along their time. third of its lead clinton's case the others were one-third as long. i am assuring a graph comparing one thing at a time. you have to be careful obamanomics year the elections so that will a fact -- a fact -- effect for that but there other factors that could be similar. the empirical work why i try to have his detractors race to underage the background of the judge if they went to law school or previously served as a justice i have a confirmation reprocess the year of the nomination rather the first or second or third year and then i will quickly point out the data in the unique way with the ba
. >> jim will make a big difference over time because >> jim will make a big difference over time because you have people from the break-in enthused a share bid you and who are in their '70s and '80s you will begin to see a shift in the intellectual balance to swing war two's said democrats and republicans. but look at the confirmation rates but of those nominees top-10 in review but the black column is for those who did either. in each of ministration in the smarter nominees took...
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white van members performed on stage with black men are his, something that was against the law in the jim crow south. so wait members were dark makeup and permit fair to pass for black. towards the end of the war, the speakers performed for troops in europe and refreshingly had no problems with race. lena horne performed at the uso during the war. when she prepared to step on the stage for a show in a southern state, she asked someone why there were no black soldiers in the audience. she was told she was seeing for the next day on a separate show. the next day she prepared to step on the stage to perform, she saw the black soldiers sitting in the back row and white men in the front seats. now who the are they, lena asks. they are german pows she was told. lena walked down to the back rows and performed facing the black soldiers with their pack to the german pows. this summer will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. we generally think of the 1960s as the beginning of the civil rights move meant. however, the changes that came about in any teen 60s may not have happ
white van members performed on stage with black men are his, something that was against the law in the jim crow south. so wait members were dark makeup and permit fair to pass for black. towards the end of the war, the speakers performed for troops in europe and refreshingly had no problems with race. lena horne performed at the uso during the war. when she prepared to step on the stage for a show in a southern state, she asked someone why there were no black soldiers in the audience. she was...
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it is, in my view, the moral equivalent of jim crow
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jim crow segregation. and thank goodness in america there has been a new fides bread repudiation of those racial distinctions. so when they pop up people think oh my goodness people think of invidious the bad stuff. that is good but one of the great triumphs of the civil rights revolution is the stigma. martin luther king, jr. and rosa parks. for the great john lewis did robert moses and i could go on and on but one of the great things they did was make racist racial distinctions distinct and nobody wants to be associated with them. that is a good thing. and to the extent with that sentiment makes people anxious is ironic. there is a bad thing however that i write about this in the book a good bit and it is often overlooked but i think it has to be said. throughout the history of the united states any policy evincing the fortunes of people of color, particularly black, has triggered resentment and opposition. let me give you an example. says was made by a florida slaveholder who was fuming. this is what he
jim crow segregation. and thank goodness in america there has been a new fides bread repudiation of those racial distinctions. so when they pop up people think oh my goodness people think of invidious the bad stuff. that is good but one of the great triumphs of the civil rights revolution is the stigma. martin luther king, jr. and rosa parks. for the great john lewis did robert moses and i could go on and on but one of the great things they did was make racist racial distinctions distinct and...
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and so then jim jackson said, lee, come over here to the window and looked out. and leg eight and hear all his friends say april fools. [laughter] spanky was afraid. there might be repercussions. >> judge jackson led his commissioners court in such a wonderful way. he was our champion, and kept us from any controversy. >> let's talk for a minute about the exhibit country because you have a limited space to tell a very important story in the context of 1960s american history. how did you work with historians, amateur researchers, conspiracy theorist? there were some 27 people that helped to shape the content to talk a little bit about how it came together. >> the preliminary designs that have been worked out, what was missing until we came back to life in 87, was the documentary film makers. that's when the mondale's came into complete the team. >> on the first floor right here. >> first row. at any rate, there's nothing about the content that you couldn't question. and so we had a large number of experts from the caa. you name it, it ended up being 20 some who wo
and so then jim jackson said, lee, come over here to the window and looked out. and leg eight and hear all his friends say april fools. [laughter] spanky was afraid. there might be repercussions. >> judge jackson led his commissioners court in such a wonderful way. he was our champion, and kept us from any controversy. >> let's talk for a minute about the exhibit country because you have a limited space to tell a very important story in the context of 1960s american history. how did...
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we are featuring two speakers, called i witnessed seeking justice in the jim crow south. on the premise you want to hear from the speaker rather than about them, we'll keep it brief. having been educated in nashville, ordained minister, serves the congregation in mississippi, the book, "call to the fire," a witness for god in mississippi, tells the story of a map who's life life in the ministry was em brilled in civil rights events of the day. our second speaker is no stranger to tennessee, having taught at the university of tepees for 23 years where he was an associate professor of religious studies as well as the chair of african-american studies for several years. professor hodges holds degrees from lant university and the university of chicago. his book, "the recollections of a sharecropper's son" uses his stories as growing up in the mississippi delta to explore race in america like those covered in the classes at ut. each has a presentation about 15-20 minute, and there's time for a question and answer session, so, mr. bush. [applause] >> thank you. it is a real hon
we are featuring two speakers, called i witnessed seeking justice in the jim crow south. on the premise you want to hear from the speaker rather than about them, we'll keep it brief. having been educated in nashville, ordained minister, serves the congregation in mississippi, the book, "call to the fire," a witness for god in mississippi, tells the story of a map who's life life in the ministry was em brilled in civil rights events of the day. our second speaker is no stranger to...
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we remember strom thurmond as one know last of the jim crow demagogues. but what we forget about thurmond, he was also one of the first of the sun belt conservatives. what die mean by -- what do i mean? the sun belt -- it's one of the major stories in the history of 20 until century american politics, and that is the flow of jobs, of industries, of resources and populations, from the states of the northeast and the midwest to the south and southwest,, in the post world wr ii period. southern states were recruiting industries, passing right-to-work laws. they were receiving lots of funding from the federal government to build military installations at a time when the united states was involved in the cold war against the soviet union. so, states like mississippi, states like georgia and texas and florida and southern california and arizona, north carolina, are all being transformed in the post world war ii period by this historic shift in population and political influence. just think about it. this real -- this period from 1964 to 2008 could be thought of
we remember strom thurmond as one know last of the jim crow demagogues. but what we forget about thurmond, he was also one of the first of the sun belt conservatives. what die mean by -- what do i mean? the sun belt -- it's one of the major stories in the history of 20 until century american politics, and that is the flow of jobs, of industries, of resources and populations, from the states of the northeast and the midwest to the south and southwest,, in the post world wr ii period. southern...
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hi, jim. >> caller: good afternoon, gentlemen. i have a question. the la proider of servicee of to the war department in afghanistan, and i asked how the afghans were going, and i quoted him in the remark right now saying that it's basically a total failure. he went into details about that aspect of what basic means. what do you think the result is basically in afghanistan? >> well, it's obviously a question on a lot of people's mind. i see the obama administration says by next summer they draw troops down. i think that, you know, there's no dispute, you know, optimistic assessments, you know, years ago of what could be possible in afghanistan of stability and peace and strong central government, i mean, that's not going to be the case, and i think most people admit that. the question is whether a year from now there's security forces built up to the exend that when the united states leaves, you know, what will be the strength of the taliban? what will be the strength of -- what will be the strength of the government of karzai? there's divisions in
hi, jim. >> caller: good afternoon, gentlemen. i have a question. the la proider of servicee of to the war department in afghanistan, and i asked how the afghans were going, and i quoted him in the remark right now saying that it's basically a total failure. he went into details about that aspect of what basic means. what do you think the result is basically in afghanistan? >> well, it's obviously a question on a lot of people's mind. i see the obama administration says by next...
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he had, justin and -- i think it was 2007 in another case brought by jim who brought citizens united to the supreme court had affirmed the 1992 decision and the key provision in bed fine gold lot. >> to the great dismay of justice scalia. >> and justice kennedy. right. exactly. he also wrote a concurring opinion that was focused really solely on the concept of standing by prior decisions. and in this opinion why he should not stand by those prior decisions. but what was going on also at the same time was justice souter had been assigned to a dissent by justice stevens. and he wrote of blistering to send about the fact that the court was going to up release an opinion. this was before the second argument, andrew on issues that really were not before the court. the citizens united organization had abandoned a big challenge to the law in the lower courts. there had been no briefing on those issues before the u.s. supreme court, and he basically said, this is not the way that we do things around here. it will be in my dissents. that is not the way we should be doing things. and that is u
he had, justin and -- i think it was 2007 in another case brought by jim who brought citizens united to the supreme court had affirmed the 1992 decision and the key provision in bed fine gold lot. >> to the great dismay of justice scalia. >> and justice kennedy. right. exactly. he also wrote a concurring opinion that was focused really solely on the concept of standing by prior decisions. and in this opinion why he should not stand by those prior decisions. but what was going on...
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if history plays tricks, southern congressional power in the last era of jim crow was a big one. the ability of the new deal to come around the most hedonistic readerships by reshaping liberal democracy required accommodating the most violent and a liberal part, keeping the south and site became a democracy. while that would be folly to argue members of the southern wing of the democratic party is known determine the choice is the deal made, their relative cohesion and assessment of policy choices through the filter of an anxious protection of white supremacy often prove decisive. the triumph in short cannot be severed from the sorrow. liberal democracy pat with racial humiliation and system of lawful exclusion principle terror, each constituted the other bankunited togo of the soul and body this combination can or is a larger message, a lesson that concerns persistence of emergency, and escape the ability of moral ambiguity, perhaps the inevitability of a politics that discomforting allies. it also reminds us not just whether, but how we find our way truly matters. thank you ver
if history plays tricks, southern congressional power in the last era of jim crow was a big one. the ability of the new deal to come around the most hedonistic readerships by reshaping liberal democracy required accommodating the most violent and a liberal part, keeping the south and site became a democracy. while that would be folly to argue members of the southern wing of the democratic party is known determine the choice is the deal made, their relative cohesion and assessment of policy...
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in this month we'll be discussing michelle alexander's "the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness." throughout your month post your thoughts about the book on twitter and write on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. then on tuesday, march 26th, at 9 p.m. eastern join our live, moderated discussion on twitter hash tag btv book club. send us your suggestions on books you'd like to read as part of the book club via twitter, facebook, or e-mail booktv@c-span.org. >> i want to move to the role of publish ors in this new world. it used to be that publishers would take care of all distribution, they would take careful of production, and they would provide the advance. and that series of services led them to take a very hefty cut, a 95% cut. finish now, now you don't need production because you can put it out on the web, you don't need an advance because it doesn't cost that much to write, or you can crud fund the advance using something like kickstarter, and you don't need the distribution, again, because you can put it on the web. and so what is the changing role o
in this month we'll be discussing michelle alexander's "the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness." throughout your month post your thoughts about the book on twitter and write on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. then on tuesday, march 26th, at 9 p.m. eastern join our live, moderated discussion on twitter hash tag btv book club. send us your suggestions on books you'd like to read as part of the book club via twitter, facebook, or e-mail...
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i went to see what i could learn about the state of human relations with jim and it -- chimpanzees now whether people were still killing and beating chimpanzees and exposing themselves to other spillovers of simian virus that became hiv. that is true, they are. i heard about sort of a confidential source, i heard about practice of a tribal initiation practice in which involves some rituals that include the eating of chimpanzee arms so people are exposing themselves to the virus chimpanzees carry. an office of the wildlife department in the southeastern corner i saw a poster, an aids awareness poster getting back to your question. french is the colonial language people still speak, a poster in fringe trying to educate people about the dangers, the red diarrhea, what the poster said, practice safe sex, don't exchange needles, and what they say in southeastern cameron is don't eat the apes, don't eat the chimps, don't read the girls. that is aids education. >> thank you for being here. i am dr. sam hancock of emerald planet tv. the transportation system supply chain within 24 hours as you
i went to see what i could learn about the state of human relations with jim and it -- chimpanzees now whether people were still killing and beating chimpanzees and exposing themselves to other spillovers of simian virus that became hiv. that is true, they are. i heard about sort of a confidential source, i heard about practice of a tribal initiation practice in which involves some rituals that include the eating of chimpanzee arms so people are exposing themselves to the virus chimpanzees...
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white band members performed on stage with black members something that was against the law and the jim crow south. so white members wore dark mag up and permed their hair to pass for black. toward the end of the war this week hearts performed for troops in europe and refreshingly had problems with race. lena horne performed with uso during the war. when she prepared to step on a stage for a show in a southern state she asked someone why there were no soldiers in the audience. she was told she would sing for them the next day in a separate show. the next day as she prepared to step on the stage to perform she saw the black soldier sitting in the back rows and white men in the front seats. now who the hell are they lena asked. they are german p.o.w.s she was told. leno walked down off the stage to the back rows and performed facing the black soldiers with her back to the german p.o.w.s. this summer will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. we generally think of the 1960s as the beginning of the civil rights movement. however the changes that came about in the 1960
white band members performed on stage with black members something that was against the law and the jim crow south. so white members wore dark mag up and permed their hair to pass for black. toward the end of the war this week hearts performed for troops in europe and refreshingly had problems with race. lena horne performed with uso during the war. when she prepared to step on a stage for a show in a southern state she asked someone why there were no soldiers in the audience. she was told she...
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marshal, jack brett -- jim brit. the other phonecall was jack friar. jim brit who years later came forward with an affidavit saying that helen stokely and her name is stokely who is the person who claimed to have done the murder, she told her story to the prosecutor whose name was blacked burke. it takes you unfortunately deeper and deeper into a kind of nightmare because brett's own account was a failed on the prosecutors. so you go in this strange merry-go-round to nowhere. the cases as i say there is only proof of prosecutorial and investigators -- investigator malfeasance but if you ask proof, so much of the evidence is gone or lost. i have my own beliefs about the case. i believe he is innocent. but there is this -- take the kennedy assassination. i have scrupulously avoided it because i think it's -- the deepest radical that you can run down and many of the people that i find extraordinarily and the worst ending here many people who have gone down that rabbit hole never -- they vanish. and it has alwaysscared me. part of it is my belief that the
marshal, jack brett -- jim brit. the other phonecall was jack friar. jim brit who years later came forward with an affidavit saying that helen stokely and her name is stokely who is the person who claimed to have done the murder, she told her story to the prosecutor whose name was blacked burke. it takes you unfortunately deeper and deeper into a kind of nightmare because brett's own account was a failed on the prosecutors. so you go in this strange merry-go-round to nowhere. the cases as i say...
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jim and martinez, california. we have a minute left. >> caller: can you hear me? >> host: we are listening. >> caller: the person before me said to be much but i was leading two. i was saying in my mind, people who are 50,000 to perhaps 200,000, 300,000 have warned common with each other as opposed to just being a democrat or republican. it's like whether you like the 40 niners are readers than one side or the other. but in reality, if you take away -- in fact, further than the parliamentary say no party system. this people are elect did for their ideas and then the chambers, congress and senate are set up with different way for these 500, 600, whatever people come up with a different order, how they go about, you know, making roles are deciding things. that's my idea. thank you. >> guest: that's a tough thing to do. george washington did not parties. i would say they have some benefit and provide a lot of information and a lot of organizational power. this gets back to your call in the one before that the current parties are just a compilation of interest. what i
jim and martinez, california. we have a minute left. >> caller: can you hear me? >> host: we are listening. >> caller: the person before me said to be much but i was leading two. i was saying in my mind, people who are 50,000 to perhaps 200,000, 300,000 have warned common with each other as opposed to just being a democrat or republican. it's like whether you like the 40 niners are readers than one side or the other. but in reality, if you take away -- in fact, further than...
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we hope all is well with jim. we had some other folks here. wayland roads who was the tenth jury selected in the jack ruby trial is here today. is bill williams here? i know we have others and we have been number of museum founders in the front row. allen and cynthia montville are wonderful documentarians accreted the film. where are -- they are the exhibit designers which continues to -- jackie mcelheny is here to did research and was involved in reconstructing the snipers perch. and number of our board members past and present are here. they see john crane and joel johnson rubin as to tell us here somewhere. we are so happy to have all of the here today. there are so many friends and families and professional colleagues. we are so honored to have all of you to celebrate the museum's history and to look back on how the museum became a reality. i have written a book about the history and is an introduction before introduced these two ladies i want to go back in time a little bit and provide a little context and understand what happened to this
we hope all is well with jim. we had some other folks here. wayland roads who was the tenth jury selected in the jack ruby trial is here today. is bill williams here? i know we have others and we have been number of museum founders in the front row. allen and cynthia montville are wonderful documentarians accreted the film. where are -- they are the exhibit designers which continues to -- jackie mcelheny is here to did research and was involved in reconstructing the snipers perch. and number of...
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. >> i have spoken with the secretary of state, jim baker, who reported to me on his nearly seven hours of conversations with the iraqi foreign minister. secretary baker method it clear that he discerned no evidence whatsoever that iraq was willing to comply with the international community's demand to withdraw from kuwait and comply with the ud nations resolutions. let me emphasizes that i have not given up on a peaceful outcome. it's not too late. the choice of peace or war is really saddam hussein's to make. >> just two hours ago allied air most began attacks on military targets in iraq good kuwait. these attacks continue as i speak. ground forces are not engaged. ♪ >> israel is not a participant. israel is not a combatant, and this man i elected to launch a terroristic attack. >> when the soviet union made such a strong statement, that was very reassuring and we're in close touch with our coalition partners and this coalition is not going to fall apart. >> now with remarkable technological advances like the patriot missile, we can defend against ballistic missile attacks aimed at
. >> i have spoken with the secretary of state, jim baker, who reported to me on his nearly seven hours of conversations with the iraqi foreign minister. secretary baker method it clear that he discerned no evidence whatsoever that iraq was willing to comply with the international community's demand to withdraw from kuwait and comply with the ud nations resolutions. let me emphasizes that i have not given up on a peaceful outcome. it's not too late. the choice of peace or war is really...
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i could've stayed in the jim beam bottle. but when i came to the realization that something will change in my life, i have to be the one to change it. when you are in that dark space, it is not the light that moved. find a way to get back to the light. this is a country of people and those of you that know the book, this is the little boy that stepped on a landmine. he was dying from an infection. we bandaged him up and as bad as we have in the united states, we have some school shootings, we are not fighting for our lives everyday we don't have landmines in the playgrounds, we don't have rpg is flying at us as we go down the street. we are the most blessed nation in the world. here is what i think we are missing as a country is the ability to love each other. nobody ever asked what somebody's color was in the navy s.e.a.l.s, religion, whether sex was, if they were gay or straight or anything. the only thing we ever asked is are they american spirit if they are americans, i will go in and help you or i will die trying. i am n
i could've stayed in the jim beam bottle. but when i came to the realization that something will change in my life, i have to be the one to change it. when you are in that dark space, it is not the light that moved. find a way to get back to the light. this is a country of people and those of you that know the book, this is the little boy that stepped on a landmine. he was dying from an infection. we bandaged him up and as bad as we have in the united states, we have some school shootings, we...
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jim rhodes mentioned monument men, allied heroes, and nazis, thieves and the greatest treasure hunt in history. a few years ago booktv covered an event with robert to talk about the monument men. you can watch that on line at booktv.org. what are you reading this summer? post on our facebook wall, tweet as to the snow is on your reading list. visit our social media sites to see what others are reading and we might share your posts here on booktv. >> welcome to booktv live coverage of the fifteenth annual harlem book fair held in the langston hughes auditorium on the corner of malcolm x boulevard and west 135th street in harlem, new york, new york. several author panels and had they and several author called in opportunities as well. here is the lineup which can be seen live on c-span2 as well as booktv.org. in just a minute we will introduce you to max rodriguez, the founder of the harlem book fair. and the first panel of the day on science and health. after that one of the panelists, harry at washington will be joining us here on stage, has written a couple books including deadly mono
jim rhodes mentioned monument men, allied heroes, and nazis, thieves and the greatest treasure hunt in history. a few years ago booktv covered an event with robert to talk about the monument men. you can watch that on line at booktv.org. what are you reading this summer? post on our facebook wall, tweet as to the snow is on your reading list. visit our social media sites to see what others are reading and we might share your posts here on booktv. >> welcome to booktv live coverage of the...
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for the most part, like jim people know about military service effort from their fathers, grandfathers, seen in the movies or picked up second-hand. only about 13 percent of americans are veterans. the military still ranks high in public opinion, but this could change. lack of wartime success could bring back contempt for military values, seconded during vietnam. news coverage of the military usually focuses on scandals, losses, waste, mistakes. most of the entertainment industry traditionally depicts the military as buffoonish, bumbling, corrupt or informed. when people do have personal experience on which to base their judgments, images delivered by the news and the entertainment industry dominates or may become as we might say this year, lack of images produced by the military in the entertainment industry might dominates. does not follow that all that could understand the military have to have served in the military, but those who have served in the military can lend their voice. today on this panel we have several of those voices. all men who have served in the military. i'm going
for the most part, like jim people know about military service effort from their fathers, grandfathers, seen in the movies or picked up second-hand. only about 13 percent of americans are veterans. the military still ranks high in public opinion, but this could change. lack of wartime success could bring back contempt for military values, seconded during vietnam. news coverage of the military usually focuses on scandals, losses, waste, mistakes. most of the entertainment industry traditionally...
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candidates and the debat began with jim lehr asking him a question. i think he said, president obama, you won the coin toss. you have the two minutes, followed by mitt my, you have two minutes. we stopped the videotape and we said, -- joel stein, you have two minutes, and that was on the economy -- to answer the questions. rocky anderson, you have two minutes to answer this questions. back to my colleague, jim lehr with the next question, and we of course doubled the time of the debate because we were adding two people, and we had them respond to every one of these same questions. that is what expanding the debate sounds like. that is what it looks like. and we did that in denver, and we did it with the other debates as well. and the differences you heard -- it really made you ask questions about the two party system, and how much they agree and how much they disagree. i sometimes think it's not partisan gridlock that is the problem in washington. it's the bipartisan consensus. >> host: we have been talking with author and journalist amy goodman. her
candidates and the debat began with jim lehr asking him a question. i think he said, president obama, you won the coin toss. you have the two minutes, followed by mitt my, you have two minutes. we stopped the videotape and we said, -- joel stein, you have two minutes, and that was on the economy -- to answer the questions. rocky anderson, you have two minutes to answer this questions. back to my colleague, jim lehr with the next question, and we of course doubled the time of the debate because...
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the provocations of bobby and some of them or call jim rowe were pretty outrageous. johnson undoubtedly knew of the kennedy people were saying in private to try to ignore it. he was determined to be according to columnist william quite first of all a loyal vice president and publicly did everything in his power to live up to this principle as long as kennedy was president. he never openly disagreed with anything that jack did and went out of his way to make sure that he never uttered a critical word about the president even to his own political friends in the senate. johnson enjoyed poking fun at people and had a gift for making his rivals and enemies look ridiculous. his self-restraint towards kennedy had to exact to consider emotional price but he was restrained not only by loyalty and piety, the also realized he could not be at breakaway vice president like -- and antagonized franklin roosevelt and being dropped from 1940 ticket. if he could keep his distant tents and resentments bottled up for eight years he would stay on and 64 and four years later get kennedy s
the provocations of bobby and some of them or call jim rowe were pretty outrageous. johnson undoubtedly knew of the kennedy people were saying in private to try to ignore it. he was determined to be according to columnist william quite first of all a loyal vice president and publicly did everything in his power to live up to this principle as long as kennedy was president. he never openly disagreed with anything that jack did and went out of his way to make sure that he never uttered a critical...
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month booktv launched our online book club with a discussion of michelle alexander's book, "the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of color blindness." and all month long you posted your comments on our facebook page and twitter which culminated in a live moderated discussion. here's what some of you had to say. diane r. williams 2 said whole building of argument brilliant. in so many places i gained new insights; constitution, civil rights history, war on drugs. and at the very least mass incarceration for nonviolent drug offenses is a national disgrace. on our facebook page, janet posted: the only disagreement, if you can call it that, is when alexander calls white prisoners collateral damage. i think they're more an expansion of the prison industrial complex that needs more bodies to keep itself growing. join us this week as we read jeb bush's book, "immigration wars: forging an american solution." and as you read, post your thoughts on twitter @booktv using the hash tag booktv book club and at facebook.com/booktv. you can also watch jeb bush's recent appearance on booktv by
month booktv launched our online book club with a discussion of michelle alexander's book, "the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of color blindness." and all month long you posted your comments on our facebook page and twitter which culminated in a live moderated discussion. here's what some of you had to say. diane r. williams 2 said whole building of argument brilliant. in so many places i gained new insights; constitution, civil rights history, war on drugs. and at the...
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it has ever been here day went to chicago back in the spring of the election-year and sat down with jim messina the campaign manager and i was interested in exploring this phenomenon so i said give me her sense of what the electorate will look like on election day. he said we believe that it will be 72% white and 20 8% nonwhite. that is what it turned out to be. barack obama won this election despite winning the smallest share of the white vote of i believe any winning democratic candidate that we have seen. he was able to win because he got 80% of the nonwhite vote and after the election the republicans said we have got a problem here. this is a problem that has been steering republicans in the face for a long time. they may or may not be starting to deal with it.smart republicans and we have heard any number of republican strategists talk about this for the better part of the decade. some of the people around george w. bush recognized this and were warning the party ended getting up just 27% of the hispanic vote that is a permanent recipe for losing presidential elections unless they
it has ever been here day went to chicago back in the spring of the election-year and sat down with jim messina the campaign manager and i was interested in exploring this phenomenon so i said give me her sense of what the electorate will look like on election day. he said we believe that it will be 72% white and 20 8% nonwhite. that is what it turned out to be. barack obama won this election despite winning the smallest share of the white vote of i believe any winning democratic candidate that...